PRACTICE
Niesen Resolution Services, LLC aims to provide and teach effective and efficient solutions in a variety of life circumstances. Understanding the circumstances around personal and relational challenges is only part of what creates solutions. Our practice is designed to look at solution-focused outcomes that produce effective communication, boundaries, and lasting outcomes. Regardless of how you come to utilize our services, know that our goal is to help you create and obtain objective and acceptable outcomes in the challenges you face.
Niesen Resolution Services, LLC focuses on evaluation, coaching, and counseling. We recognize that relationships, even those with ourselves, can become adversely affected. As a result, relationship challenges can extend and impact other valued relationships. In our counseling and coaching practice we assist individuals, co-parents, and families as a whole to set boundaries, create and measure expectations, and establish communication to support functioning.
We look forward to serving you and your family in a path of healthy communication, respect, and functioning.
Jamie Niesen, MA, MS, LPCC-S
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
Jamie Niesen is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in both Ohio and Illinois. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Criminology and Master’s degree in Forensic Psychology with an emphasis in Child and Family Evaluation from the University of Denver.
She has practiced in a variety of settings including maximum-security correctional facilities, the District Attorneys’ office, Children’s Services agencies and private practice providing forensic evaluation, and clinical therapy. Mrs. Niesen has worked with both criminal and domestic courts and child services agencies in Texas, Colorado, California, Illinois, and Ohio.
Since leaving clinical private practice in Illinois in 2014, Mrs. Niesen founded Niesen Resolution Services, LLC which provides counseling, forensic, and coaching services to individuals and families impacted by the domestic courts. Mrs. Niesen is a member of the Ohio Counseling Association and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. In addition to her previous teaching experience, Mrs. Niesen has been contracted by multiple agencies to offer training in complex trauma, parent/child attachment training, and resiliency. Within these settings, she gained extensive experience providing services to families of diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, varying degrees of traumatic stress, and a range of comorbidities.
Mental Health Clinician Bio– Jamie Niesen–MA LPCC
Molly May, LISW-S
Licensed Independent Social Worker with Supervision Designation
Molly A. May, LISW-S, received her graduate degree from the University of Michigan in 2010. She began her career at Nationwide Children’s Hospital providing therapeutic services at The Center for Safety and Healing, later transitioning to the Early Childhood Mental Health team. While at NCH she specialized in treatment of families and children, addressing concerns with family functioning, parent-child attachment, and history of trauma; utilizing the following evidence based treatments: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Child-Parent Psychotherapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
Ms. May joined Niesen Resolution Services in 2022 and provides individual and family services as described above. Along with these services, Ms. May provides domestic court related treatment focusing on parent-child contact problems, mediation, and parent coaching. She practices from a child-focused attachment based framework from which to understand high-conflict domestic court cases and improve overall family functioning.
Sara Lewis, M. Ed, COBA, BCBA
Board Certified Behavior Analyst
Sara Lewis is an experienced Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Certified Ohio Behavior Analyst. Sara received a Bachelor’s of Science in Speech Language Pathology from the Ohio University and a Master’s of Education with a focus in Applied Behavior Analysis from the University of Cincinnati. She takes pride in providing the best behavior analytic strategies as possible. As a BCBA her goals include problem behavior management and reduction, behavior analysis, de-escalation of behaviors in conflictual environments and parent/caregiver training.
Sara specializes providing functional daily living skill training for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Down Syndrome, and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. In addition to her primary job functions, Sara volunteers with several non-for-profit organizations to raise awareness for neurodiverse individuals and marginalized populations. Sara has been providing services to families and individuals in this field for over ten years.
Emily Geissel, LPCC, RPT
Emily Geissel is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and a Registered Play Therapy (RPT). Emily earned her master’s degree in Clinical Counseling from Xavier University. During this time, she conducted research on parent-child attachment and provided assistance in development for the Incredible Years program, aimed at early-intervention for at-risk students. Subsequently, Emily earned her Registered Play Therapist Credentials from the International Association for Play Therapy. Emily's professional focus spans a broad range of critical areas within mental health and family dynamics. She specializes in working with children who have encountered trauma, including those involved in adoption, foster care, and experiencing attachment issues. In addition to these specialized areas, Emily addresses various adjustment challenges such as divorce and grief, as well as common mental health issues like anxiety, behavioral concerns, stress management, and depression. Her main approaches to therapy include Play Therapy, EMDR, Theraplay, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Her dedication to children and family systems is evident not only in her clinical work but also through her contributions to the legal and court communities. Emily provides specialized services, testimony, and presentations tailored to the needs of domestic and family court settings, highlighting her commitment to supporting families through complex situations. Overall, Emily's passion for her work is evident in her comprehensive approach to addressing the diverse needs of children and families facing challenging circumstances.
PLAY THERAPY
Play Therapy is an evidenced-based approach that recognizes a child’s first means of communication-PLAY! Play Therapy occurs in a supportive, safe, and judgement-free environment to help a child grow to one’s fullest potential. Play Therapy promotes emotional regulation, self-control, creativity, and problem-solving, facilitates in emotion recognition and expression, encourages self-expression, aids in communication with others, helps process life experiences, enhances social competence, improves relationships with others, and amplifies confidence, sense of identity, and self-worth. Just like adults talk in therapy to work through challenges, kids play, or “do”, to work through their challenges so they can become the best version of themselves.